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SWEET!
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Some pies have a top named for this garden structure
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Time's up! The correct answer was a lattice
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MEN OF MUSIC
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Horn virtuoso Franz Strauss was consulted by Wagner in devising this hero's horn call
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Time's up! The correct answer was Siegfried
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PRESIDENTS
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Speaking in Illinois, Benjamin Harrison said this president "had faith in time & time has justified his faith"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Abraham Lincoln
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COMPOSERS
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Vivaldi was known as “the red priest” due to his clerical rank & this
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Time's up! The correct answer was the color of his hair
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MUSCAT LOVE
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The 3 main forts in Muscat date from the 1580s when this small Iberian nation conquered & occupied it
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Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
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BOY MEETS WORLD
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In 1923 the San Francisco Symphony hosted the debut of this 7-year-old American violin prodigy
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Time's up! The correct answer was Yehudi Menuhin
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CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS
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A culinary foundation is named for this dean of American cookery who was born in Portland May 5, 1903
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Time's up! The correct answer was James Beard
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WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?
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This old song says, "Alas, my love, you do me wrong, to cast me off discourteously"
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Greensleeves"
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CITY OF BIRTH
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Sidney Bechet
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Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans
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CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"
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To drink heartily (5)
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Time's up! The correct answer was quaff
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BARD BITS
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Comparing "thee to a summer's day" in sonnet 18, the bard realizes that "Thou art more lovely and more" this
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Time's up! The correct answer was temperate
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ART
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The name of this type of paint that contains egg yolks almost sounds like a Japanese dish, but don't eat it
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Time's up! The correct answer was tempera
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"PER"CUSSION
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11-letter word for the sac containing the heart
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Time's up! The correct answer was pericardium
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MILITARY TELEVISION
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This oldest of the Wayans Brothers co-starred with Yaphet Kotto on the 1983 drama series "For Love and Honor"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Keenan Ivory Wayans
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WHEN THE SAINTS
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The site of this city, now the seat of Saint Johns County, Florida, was visited by Ponce de Leon in 1513
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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Augustine
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GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
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Spectacular waterfalls in Guyana include one named for a British king of this name, who ruled 1901-10
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Time's up! The correct answer was Edward
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MYTHELLANEOUS
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Lotis, later turned into the lotus tree, was one of these female spirits of nature
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Time's up! The correct answer was a nymph
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DEAR JUNTA
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Shortly after the death of Gen. Omar Torrijos, Manuel Noriega controlled the junta that ruled this country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Panama
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RHYME TIME
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An intelligent beginning
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Time's up! The correct answer was a smart start
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FACTS & FIGURES
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Researchers have found more than 40,000 of the dust type of these microscopic bugs in 1 ounce of mattress dust
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Time's up! The correct answer was mites
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RUSSIA
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In April of 1996, Russian rockets killed Dzhokhar Dudayev, this breakaway republic's leader
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Time's up! The correct answer was Chechnya
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"HIGH" SCHOOL
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The L.A. Dodgers & the U. of Louisville basketball team pioneered this gesture in the late '70s
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Time's up! The correct answer was the high five
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I KNOW THAT SONG
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It's the title of the Christmas carol and the line that precedes "sweetly singing o'er the plains"
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Angels We Have Heard on High"
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SEXPERTISE
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Stevie Winwood, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder
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Time's up! The correct answer was Stevie Nicks
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FOR THE FASHIONISTA
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Style.com stated that your spring 2006 wardrobe must include a baby-doll dress in the style of this decade
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Time's up! The correct answer was the '60s
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B.C. & AFTER
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"Wonder"-ful giant statue of Helios that brings financial aid to study at Oxford
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Colossus of Rhodes Scholarship
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BUSINESS LEADERS
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His business card bore the Golden Arches & the titles "Founder" & "Senior Chairman of the Board"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kroc
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PARTY OF "FIVE"
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Stalin launched the first of these in 1928
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Time's up! The correct answer was Five Year Plan
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SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
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Meet me in the library for a liaison at your liesure
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Time's up! The correct answer was leisure
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"V" HAVE MAPS
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In 1814 the congress of this city met to redraw Europe
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vienna
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FANTASTIC FILMS
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Means by which Jack the Ripper & H.G. Wells get to 1970s San Francisco in "Time After Time"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Time Machine
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WORLD LEADERS
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Serzh Sargsian is its president, Tigran Sargsian is its prime minister
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Time's up! The correct answer was Armenia
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ROCK OF STAGES
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"Smokey Joe's Cafe" features "Hound Dog" & other songs written by Jerry Lieber & him
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Stoller
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GUINNESS RECORDS
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Working with more than 4.5 million donors, this American org. is the world's largest blood provider
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Red Cross
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IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
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Canada
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Time's up! The correct answer was the United States
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"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY
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These are just small masses of lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx
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Time's up! The correct answer was adenoids
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PEOPLE
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Fatally, American groupie Nancy Spungen was this British punk rocker's girlfriend
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sid Vicious
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U.N. OBSERVANCES
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September 16 is International Day for the Preservation of this atmospheric layer
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Ozone Layer
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"SIDE" EFFECTS
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Manner assumed by good doctors
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Time's up! The correct answer was bedside manner
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THE 1990s
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On Nov. 5, 1996, this GOP candidate joked, "Tomorrow will be the first time in my life I don't have anything to do"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bob Dole
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DICTATORS & TYRANTS
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As the dictator of this city-state, Francesco Foscari ruined its army & economy by endlessly fighting Milan
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Time's up! The correct answer was Venice
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GOING TO PIECES
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Every Christmas, the Indiana post office in the town named for him postmarks a half a million pieces of mail
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Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Claus
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THERE ARE SOME STRINGS ATTACHED
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On this pre-piano item played by Lurch on TV, the strings are plucked by points connected with the keys
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Time's up! The correct answer was a harpsichord
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WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
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University of Washington
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Time's up! The correct answer was Seattle
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HISTORIC AMERICANS
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In 1973 he resigned as governor of New York to found the Commission on Critical Choices for Americans
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Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson Rockefeller
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CONDUCTORS
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Unlike most nonmetals, this element with the symbol B is a workable conductor
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Time's up! The correct answer was boron
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ROCK FORMATIONS
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This Jimmy Page foursome first played together as part of the session group on P.J. Proby's "Three Week Hero"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Led Zeppelin
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ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
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Stevenson's rousing tale from 1881
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Time's up! The correct answer was Treasure Island
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THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE
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This Frenchman was the designer for the company that bore his name, GM's largest division
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Time's up! The correct answer was Chevrolet
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ARTISTS' RETREATS
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Around 1912, 2 painters from the Art Institute of this city founded the Ox-Bow Institute in Saugatuck, Mich.
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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
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MOVIES & TV
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Of his dialogue, this Han Solo actor said, "You can type this (stuff), George, but you sure can't say it"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Harrison Ford
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CLASSIC STAR TREK
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From the Old Germanic for "legs", it's Dr. McCoy's nickname
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Bones"
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'65
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On January 20, 1965 he was inaugurated as U.S. vice president
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hubert H. Humphrey
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CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
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A joyful celebration (10)
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Time's up! The correct answer was jubilation
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ITALIAN
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Literally "good day", it's the basic Italian hello
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Time's up! The correct answer was buon giorno
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MR. TEA
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The last Dutch governor of New Netherland, he introduced tea to America around 1647
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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Stuyvesant
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"D" IN HISTORY
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This long-range radar "line" was established in 1957 to warn the U.S. & Canada of air attack from over the North Pole
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Time's up! The correct answer was DEWLine
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QUOTATIONS
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With his new $88.5 million contract, this Laker said, "I'm not really a big spender, I can get a lot of Krispy Kremes"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Shaquille O'Neal
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SHAKESPEARE
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The play in which Emilia screams, "The moor hath kill'd my mistress! Murder! Murder!"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Othello
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NBA HALL OF FAMERS
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Abe Saperstein is in the Hall of Fame, as is this team he promoted & coached for decades
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Harlem Globetrotters
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NATURE
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This largest U.S. cactus can weigh as much as 10 tons
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Time's up! The correct answer was saguaro
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DIED ON THE SAME DAY
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Just hours before Michael Jackson's death, Hollywood lost this TV "Angel"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Farrah Fawcett
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4-LETTER WORDS
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It's the edge of a hat, or the topmost edge of a cup or bowl
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Time's up! The correct answer was Brim
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THE MIDDLE AGES
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This famous "song" is a romanticized account of the Battle of Roncesvalles, fought in 778
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Song Of Roland"
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20th CENTURY QUOTES
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A governor, 1963: "Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!"
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Time's up! The correct answer was George Wallace
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TUBE TEST
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David Janssen had a 4-year "run" in this series; Tim Daly hopes for at least that in the remake
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Fugitive
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TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED
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He was "Feelin' Groovy" as an Illinois senator from 1985 to 1997
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Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Simon
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MAGAZINES
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It's published by Gruner & Jahr, not by mom & dad as its name implies
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Time's up! The correct answer was Parents' Magazine
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SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE
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In Kent County, 11 miles south of Dover
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Time's up! The correct answer was Delaware
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
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The 24th Amendment says you don't have to pay this type of tax, or any other in order to vote
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Time's up! The correct answer was poll
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LSU
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This civil "War is Hell" general was president of the seminary & military academy that became LSU
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Time's up! The correct answer was William Tecumseh Sherman
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AMERICAN AUTHORS
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While he was in Spain in 1959, he wrote "The Dangerous Summer", a story about rival bullfighters
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hemingway
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...& THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!
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Noted for their "feathery" legs, these Scottish draft horses were taken to North America in 1842, Bud
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Time's up! The correct answer was Clydesdales
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5-LETTER WORDS
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Headgear for a king, or part of a tooth
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Time's up! The correct answer was crown
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MUSICAL THEATER
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In Act II of this musical, an election victory is announced "on the balcony of the Casa Rosada"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Evita
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PROVERBS
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These two things "wait for no man"
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Time's up! The correct answer was time and tide
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THREE
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It beats 2 pair, but not a straight
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Time's up! The correct answer was Three of a kind
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INDONESIA
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Most of the world's supply of this medicine comes from Indonesia's cinchona trees
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Time's up! The correct answer was quinine
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RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS
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Rehovot in this country has an institute named for Russian-born Chaim Weizmann, who synthesized acetone
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Time's up! The correct answer was Israel
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FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
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Talent ran in the family: this first woman to join the Impressionists was a granddaughter of the Rococo painter Fragonard
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Time's up! The correct answer was Berthe Morisot
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ORGANIZATIONS
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Arm of Al-Anon that's specifically for young people between the ages of 12 & 20
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Time's up! The correct answer was Al-Ateen
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JEWELRY
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Sotheby's has announced it won't sell any items of this tusk material produced since 1939
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ivory
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THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING
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In 1938 DuPont made toothbrushes, not stockings, its first product with this material
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Time's up! The correct answer was nylon
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THE OLD COLLEGE TRY
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Once known as the Antelopes & the Bugeaters, this university's sports teams are now known as the Cornhuskers
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Time's up! The correct answer was the University of Nebraska
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THE 13th CENTURY
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Roger Bacon wrote coded instructions for making the explosive mix of saltpeter, sulfur & charcoal called black this
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Time's up! The correct answer was powder
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BACKWORDS
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We'll look smart in these vehicles that returned to London in 1999
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Time's up! The correct answer was Trams
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COMIC STRIPS
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Aaugh! This comic strip character was torn between a summer camp flame named Peggy Jean & the little red-haired girl
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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Brown
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I DID IT NORWAY
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Norwegian poet Arne Garborg pushed for a literary language based on this "old" one of sagas & eddas
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Time's up! The correct answer was Old Norse
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CONVENTIONS
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In the film "Chasing Amy", boy meets girl at a convention for artists & fans of these
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Time's up! The correct answer was Comic books
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LARRY KING'S PUBLIC FIGURES
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Tonight, the wooden teeth--fact or fiction? Also, his 1754 Fort Necessity battle loss...Mt. Vernon, hello
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Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington
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EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY
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While Moses was on Mount Sinai, the Israelites worshipped this
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Time's up! The correct answer was Golden Calf
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IN THE BOOKSTORE
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Bestselling author seen here (she's holding a large "A" & a large "Z")
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sue Grafton
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WOMEN'S HEALTH
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It's the trimester of pregnancy in which women gain the least weight
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Time's up! The correct answer was first
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SIMILES
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A really fast person runs like this kind of "lightning"—as if regular lightning isn't fast enough
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Time's up! The correct answer was greased lightning
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PLAY REVIVALS
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In August 2000 Lea Thompson sallied forth as Sally Bowles in the Broadway revival of this musical
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Cabaret"
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BROADWAY LYRICS
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"Immigrant goes to America, many hellos in America; nobody knows in America, Puerto Rico's in America!"
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Time's up! The correct answer was West Side Story
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SPIELBERG MOVIES
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This 1968 short film with a "strollin" title lent its name to Spielberg's production company
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Time's up! The correct answer was Amblin
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PEOPLE
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This historian & former Librarian of Congress was teaching history at Harvard while studying law at Yale
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Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Boorstein
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WORDS
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This name for a work of art that you may carve in art class comes from the Latin for "to carve"
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Time's up! The correct answer was sculpture
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WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II
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Today, this Japanese car company makes the galant; in WWII, it was better known for its A6M "Zero" fighter
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mitsubishi
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"EVER"S
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Chris Rock narrated this show, loosely based on his childhood
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Time's up! The correct answer was Everybody Hates Chris
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HOW INSPIRATIONAL
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In 1903 Pope Pius X wrote, "Where justice is lacking there can be no hope of" this, pax in Latin
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Time's up! The correct answer was peace
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BRIDGES
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This bridge spanning NYC's East River was designated a national historic landmark in 1964
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Time's up! The correct answer was Brooklyn Bridge
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HAVE A CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
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G'Day Mate! Room service hopped in with kangaroo-tail soup, your breakfast from this continent
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Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
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POETS' RHYME TIME
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William's anacondas
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Time's up! The correct answer was Blake's snakes
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OCCUPATION HAZARDS
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In this job aiding a medical professional, Angie might get a finger nipped by little Billy while X-raying his molar
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Time's up! The correct answer was dental hygienist
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2011 MOVIES
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Known for his work as a Shakespearean actor, he directed "Thor"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Branagh
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PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS
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He died in the White House, from pneumonia
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Time's up! The correct answer was Harrison
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A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS
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In the 18th century she founded a medical college & the first Russian school for girls
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Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
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WOMEN: WRITE ON!
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In 2009 she published her 76th bestseller, "Matters of the Heart", & was inducted into the Calif. Hall of Fame
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Time's up! The correct answer was Danielle Steel
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WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
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In November 1988 she was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head a modern Islamic nation
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bhutto
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MINORITY REPORT
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Justice Brennan, dissenting in Paris Adult Theater v. Slaton, said this quality is too vaguely defined to regulate
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Time's up! The correct answer was obscenity
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"V" HAVE MAPS
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In 1323 Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas made this city his capital
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Time's up! The correct answer was Vilnius
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THE STARTING INFIELD
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The 1908 Chicago Cubs featured Harry Steinfeldt & these 3 guys of yore
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tinker, Evers & Chance
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U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL
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This current Secretary-General is the first U.N. career official to hold the post
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kofi Annan
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WORDS TO THE "Y"s
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A female nickname, or a fall guy
a _ a _ _ y
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Time's up! The correct answer was a patsy
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POETRY
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Originally, he didn't want his "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" published
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gray
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GEOLOGY
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Geysers aren't common; major centers include Yellowstone, Iceland & this country's North Island
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Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand
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WORLD HISTORY
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Accused of accepting bribes, Francis Bacon was imprisoned in this forbidding complex in 1621
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tower of London
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THE LAND
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After killing Abel, Cain was banished to the sleepy-sounding land of this place, east of Eden
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Time's up! The correct answer was Nod
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POETIC TITLE VERBS
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"I _____ Lonely As A Cloud"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Wandered
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COMMON BONDS
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Bobby, bowling, rolling
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Time's up! The correct answer was pins
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ROCK-Y
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The title of Falco's biggest hit mentions this fellow Austrian musician
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mozart
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SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
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This highly venomous snake of the eastern U.S. has red & black bands separated by yellow ones
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Time's up! The correct answer was coral snake
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FOOD
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A raw egg yolk usually accompanies this raw meat dish
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Time's up! The correct answer was Steak Tartare
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UP & ATOM
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Rather than in fixed orbits, these particles travel in shells or layers around the nucleus
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Time's up! The correct answer was electrons
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OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
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The first wife of Henry VIII to get the axe
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Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Boleyn
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FOOD CHAIN
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P.F. Chang's is an upscale bistro specializing in the cuisine of this country
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Time's up! The correct answer was China
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WORLD CITIES
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In 1973 a highway bridge opened connecting the European & Asian parts of this Turkish city
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Time's up! The correct answer was Istanbul
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THE ENVIRONMENT
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This "colorful" & controversial activist environmental group was formed in Canada in 1971
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Time's up! The correct answer was Greenpeace
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LOST IN SPACE
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Ed White, the first U.S. spacewalker, lost one of these outside Gemini 4; he must've looked like a later "moonwalker"
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Time's up! The correct answer was a glove
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FDR
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Referring to the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR called December 7, 1941 "A date which will" do this
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Live in Infamy"
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U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL
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In the 1960s this Burmese secretary-general sought to apply Buddhist principles to international problem solving
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Time's up! The correct answer was U Thant
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WORLD AUTHORS
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This French writer "steaked" a claim as "The Father of Romanticism" by writing such works as "Atala"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Chateaubriand
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NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS
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1987: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Houston
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COLOGNE RANGER
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Taking nearly 600 years to complete, Cologne Cathedral is the largest in this style in Northern Europe
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gothic
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INITIAL T.V.
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This show which had a 9-year-run on ABC was produced with help from J. Edgar Hoover
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Time's up! The correct answer was The F.B.I.
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SPORTS EVOLUTION
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By the time the British discovered this sport in India around 1860, it used a ball, no longer a goat's or enemy's head
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Time's up! The correct answer was polo
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MINERALS
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You’ll discover not gold, but a black mark, after rubbing this “gold” on porcelain
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Time's up! The correct answer was fool’s gold
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POETIC TITLE VERBS
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"To An Athlete _____ Young"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dying
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WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!
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On Feb. 3, 1930 I presided over the founding of the Vietnamese Communist Party
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh
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STATE CAPITALS
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No beans about it, this capital is the largest city in New England
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Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
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18th CENTURY AMERICANS
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In 1775 he & a group of axmen cleared & marked the Wilderness Road for the Transylvania Company
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Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Boone
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OATS
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This phrase refers to indulging in youthful excesses
S o w _ _ g _ _ e _ _ o _ _ s
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sowing one's oats
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ASTRONOMY ADD A LETTER
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Add this letter to Jupiter's moon Io & you get an acronym that's a ground-floor stock offer for regular guys
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Time's up! The correct answer was P
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BALLET
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He designed sets & costumes for "Where the Wlid Things Are", a ballet based on his own beloved book
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Time's up! The correct answer was Maurice Sendak
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WORDS TO THE "Y"s
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The last stage of a robbery, as in the McQueen-MacGraw movie
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Time's up! The correct answer was a getaway
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5-LETTER WORDS
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It's the zodiac sign symbolized by a ram
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Time's up! The correct answer was Aries
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RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
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Society of Friends' parcels of land
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Time's up! The correct answer was Quakers' acres
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MAY DAYS
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Oliver Lewis rode Aristides to victory in the inaugural running of this horse race on May 17, 1875
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky Derby
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MISSING LINKS
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Mobile ____ Economics
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Time's up! The correct answer was home
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20th CENTURY ARTISTS
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This Belgian's "Mysteries Of The Horizon" shows 3 men in bowler hats; a sliver of moon hangs above each of them
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Time's up! The correct answer was Magritte
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CODES
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The first 5 digits in these represent the manufacturer; 16000 means General Mills
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Time's up! The correct answer was a bar code
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BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE
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Name a girl this after the "Merchant of Venice" heroine & she'll probably grow up to like fast sports cars
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Time's up! The correct answer was Portia
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SPACE MISSIONS
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The Cassini project is exploring Titan & Enceladus, moons of this second-largest planet
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Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
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WORLD HODGEPODGE
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Pato, a combination of basketball & this game played on horseback, is quite popular in Argentina
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Time's up! The correct answer was Polo
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FLAG 'EM DOWN
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The 2 colors found on all 3 national flags of the U.S., Mexico & Canada
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Time's up! The correct answer was red & white
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HISTORIC QUOTES
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In 1862 Otto von Bismarck said that the questions of the day would be settled by this "and blood"
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Time's up! The correct answer was iron
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CHEESE
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This 2004 Fox show featured the line "I'm going to Waikiki to get a bikini wax... want to meet me after your shift's over?"
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Time's up! The correct answer was North Shore
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UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
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They're the sports teams of Fresno State as well as Georgia
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Bulldogs
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'65
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Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 25, 1965, maybe it got its prize money in pennies on the 31st
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Time's up! The correct answer was UNICEF
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ARCHITECTURE
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The caldarium, the tepidarium & the frigidarium were chambers in these, where olden Romans refreshed themselves
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Time's up! The correct answer was the baths
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PULL
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Since the 8th century, it's what churchmen have pulled to ring their bells
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ropes
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WHO'S ON FIRST?
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Sundays from 1984 to 1995, "60 Minutes" led into this CBS crime drama--guess Jessica finally got tired of writing
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Time's up! The correct answer was Murder, She Wrote
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MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS
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Wounded by Cupid's arrow, Venus fell in love with this handsome guy at 1st sight
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Time's up! The correct answer was Adonis
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ANDY WARHOL
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Warhol went against his Capitalist tendencies with his portrait of this man, seen here
M a o _ _ e _ _ u _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mao Tse-tung
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FROM T TO SHINING T
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On TV, apparently both America & Britain's "Got" this, a special natural ability
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Time's up! The correct answer was talent
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IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME
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Atalanta excelled in this blood sport of which Artemis was goddess
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Time's up! The correct answer was hunting
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BRAND-TASTIC
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Dr. Joseph Lawrence & Jordan Lambert invented this bad-breath-busting product in 1879
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Time's up! The correct answer was Listerine
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SCIENCE GUYS
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In 1610 this Italian made his biggest discovery: the 4 largest moons of Jupiter
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Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo
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SUPERHEROES
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In a 2002 movie this hero got an upside-down kiss from Mary Jane
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Time's up! The correct answer was Spider-Man
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NO. 1 QUESTIONS
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In 1961 the Shirelles noted that "Tonight the light of love is in your eyes" but wanted to know this
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Time's up! The correct answer was Will you still love me tomorrow?
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STOCK SYMBOLS
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The annual report of this company, PRD, is as pretty as an instant picture
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Time's up! The correct answer was Polaroid
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EXPORTS
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90% of Qatar's income comes from the export of this product
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Time's up! The correct answer was oil
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HORSE & RIDER
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Traveller
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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert E. Lee
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SCIENCE
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These electromagnetic rays used to take pictures of your insides were originally known as Roentgen rays
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Time's up! The correct answer was X-rays
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THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID
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This author's Mr. Bumble declared that "The law is a ass, a idiot"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Dickens
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KIDS IN BOOKS
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Mowgli is the human kid hanging out in the woods with wolves & tigers in this Rudyard Kipling "Book"
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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Jungle Book"
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"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
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Alberto Gonzales & Robert F. Kennedy both held this cabinet position
A t t _ _ n _ _ G _ _ e _ _ l
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Time's up! The correct answer was Attorney General
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AMERICAN AUTHORS
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During the War Of 1812, this "Rip Van Winkle" author wrote biographies of Naval commanders
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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington Irving
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GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS
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Consisting of a sheep's minced heart, lung & liver, haggis is a specialty of this U.K. country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
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TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED
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In an 1852 novel, he's the plantation owner & slave master
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Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Legree
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THE LAND
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The name of this state is from Choctaw & means it's the land of the "red people"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma
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"PU"
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The third of these wars wiped Carthage off the map, though it was later rebuilt
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Punic Wars
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SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
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This highly venomous snake of the eastern U.S. has red & black bands separated by yellow ones
c o r _ _ s _ _ k _
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Time's up! The correct answer was coral snake
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U.S. COLLEGES
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The Wren Building at this school named for 2 monarchs is the oldest U.S. academic building still in use
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Time's up! The correct answer was William and Mary
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THE REPLACEMENTS
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This cell-division process in which a cell's nucleus replicates is vital for repair & replacement of worn-out cells
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Time's up! The correct answer was mitosis
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THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
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This southwestern U.S. desert has a river of the same name, flowing mainly underground to near Soda lake
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mojave
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THE RULE OF THIRDS
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A member of the British Commonwealth, this country is the third-largest island in the Caribbean
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jamaica
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WEDDINGS
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In 2002 a hot pink frock worn by Robin Durr won the DeKuyper Contest for the worst of these
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Time's up! The correct answer was a bridesmaid's dress
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PLANT PARENTHOOD
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew in the laboratory) A must for any gardener, a soil testing kit is used to take a reading of this level, a measure of acidity
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Time's up! The correct answer was pH level
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PETER, PAUL & MARY
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Before penning "Beast" & "The Deep", he was a speechwriter for LBJ
P e t _ _ B _ _ c _ _ e _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Benchley
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WORLD CAPITALS
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"The Rome of the North" is how famed sculptor Rodin described this Czech capital
P _ a _ _ e
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Time's up! The correct answer was Prague
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WORLD CAPITALS
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Foreign embassies are located in Jiddah, some 500 miles from this country's capital, Riyadh
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Time's up! The correct answer was Saudi Arabia
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HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN
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This country that controlled Bahrain in the 18th century renewed its claim after its 1979 revolution
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Time's up! The correct answer was Iran
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TELEVISION
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In January 2000 this libidinous HBO show won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sex and the City
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OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
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"Swing your partner" & "do-si-do"; it's the state dance of Oregon & Alabama
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Time's up! The correct answer was square dance
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SCIENTISTS
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This naturalist wrote, "for my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Darwin
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SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
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In Act 1, Scene 1 of "Macbeth" this trio vanishes in "the fog and filthy air"
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Time's up! The correct answer was the three witches
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AIRPORT CODES
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BRU
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Time's up! The correct answer was Brussels
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THE BIG APPLE
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One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the city; this is the second tallest
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Time's up! The correct answer was Two World Trade Center
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NAME THE OPERA
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("Triumph March")
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Aida"
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FLOPS
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"La Traviata", his modern-dress opera version of "La Dame Aux Camelias", flopped in its 1853 premiere
G i u _ _ p _ _ V _ _ d _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Giuseppe Verdi
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INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
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In the 1920s, Frank Whittle, who grew up making model airplanes, designed the first working engine of this type
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Time's up! The correct answer was a jet engine
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LET THE GAMES BEGIN
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A total of 22 means you've gone "bust" in this card game
b _ a _ _ j _ _ k
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Time's up! The correct answer was blackjack
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ITALIAN
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If you're not going sinistra or destra, you're going sempre diritto, meaning this
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Time's up! The correct answer was always straight
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THEY'RE ON CABLE
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James Roday is Shawn Spencer, a police consultant who pretends to have otherworldly powers, on this comedic series
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Time's up! The correct answer was Psych
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SWEET!
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This slang term for coffee precedes "chip" in a Starbucks ice cream flavor
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Time's up! The correct answer was java
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CHOPIN
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Every piece Chopin composed was for or included this instrument
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Time's up! The correct answer was Piano
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TAINTED GOV
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In 2010 it was revealed that Robert Rizzo made $800,000 a year as the city this of Bell, Calif., population 37,000
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Time's up! The correct answer was manager
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CHARLIE CHAPLIN
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Nigel Bruce of Dr. Watson fame played an impresario in this "glowing" 1952 Chaplin film
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Time's up! The correct answer was Limelight
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MODES OF TRANSPORT
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He named the first Bell X-1 rocket plane for his wife, Glennis
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Time's up! The correct answer was Chuck Yeager
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POLITICS
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At over 30 years, this West Virginian is currently the longest-serving Democrat in the U.S. Senate
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Time's up! The correct answer was Byrd
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"AI"
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This often blended rum & juice cocktail is named for a Cuban town
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Time's up! The correct answer was daiquiri
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A VIOLENT CATEGORY
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A suit of cards represented by a trefoil
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Time's up! The correct answer was club
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ROAMIN' THE WORLD
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Pier 21, considered "Canada's Ellis Island", is in this Nova Scotia city
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Time's up! The correct answer was Halifax
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ISLANDS
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These islands famous for their ponies form the northernmost part of Scotland
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Shetlands
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THE BYRDS & THE BEAS
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For her, 1st came "All In The Family", then came "Maude", the came "The Golden Girls"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bea Arthur
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FROM T TO SHINING T
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It gains you admission to the ballgame; Yeah, that's the...
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Time's up! The correct answer was ticket
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THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR
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Orderly people are bothered by the idea of thse random changes in genetic material helping evolution along
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Time's up! The correct answer was mutations
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WOMEN'S FIRSTS
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Wilma Mankiller was the first woman to serve as principal chief of this Southeast Native American tribe
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Cherokee
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MONEY SLANG
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The shell of this mollusk is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate
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Time's up! The correct answer was a clam
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POLAR EXPLORATION
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This South Pole conqueror died trying to rescue Umberto Nobile, who eventually lived to be 93
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Time's up! The correct answer was Roald Amundsen
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"DEATH"
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Suge Knight & Tupac Shakur's rap music record label
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Time's up! The correct answer was Death Row Records
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"IND" THE KNOW
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Insurance term meaning to protect against damage, loss or injury
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Time's up! The correct answer was indemnity
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SYRIA'S EATING
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Sultan Ibrahim is a Mideastern name for red mullet, a type of this creature
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Time's up! The correct answer was fish
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FAMOUS OBJECTS
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Shah Jahan, Ranjit Singh & Queen Victoria all possessed a famous one whose name means "mountain of light"
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Time's up! The correct answer was a diamond
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GREEK MYTHOLOGY
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Ioalus, the son of Iphicles & Automedusa, helped this man, his uncle, with his labors
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hercules
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FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS
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Because of his style of painting females, this master's name gave us an adjective for plump women
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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Paul Rubens
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FUNDRAISING
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Keep a big donor's gifts flowing: put him on this "of directors" or "of governors"
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Time's up! The correct answer was board
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"E" CHANNEL
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This South American country does not border Brazil
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ecuador
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AIRLINE TRAVEL
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In 2004 United launched this new service that features low fares & more seats per plane
_ _ d
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ted
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MILITARY TELEVISION
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This future star of "The Love Boat" earned his sea legs playing "Happy" Haines on "McHale's Navy"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Gavin McLeod
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ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS
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Poke at
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Time's up! The correct answer was Topeka
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EPONYMS
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This country is named after "the George Washington of South America" (the actual George only got cities & a state)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia
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11-LETTER WORDS
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Term for someone who collects deniers, drachmas & doubloons
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Time's up! The correct answer was Numismatist
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JERSEY GIRLS
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Jersey City-born, this "Living Omnimedia" lifestyle maven was raised in Nutley, & that's a good thing
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Time's up! The correct answer was Martha Stewart
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DELAWARE
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Sailing under a Dutch flag, this English navigator & explorer discovered Delaware in 1609
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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Hudson
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LITERARY LAST NAME'S THE SAME
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Walter M., Arthur, Henry
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Time's up! The correct answer was Miller
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CHANCE
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The U.S. golf register says the chances of this have been estimated north of 1 in 20,000
a h o _ _ - _ _ - _ _ e
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Time's up! The correct answer was a hole-in-one
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SCULPTURE
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This English sculptor made one of his reclining figures for the 1951 Festival of Britain
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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Moore
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NOVEL QUOTES
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"Never laugh at live dragons", warned this author in "The Hobbit" -- good advice
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Time's up! The correct answer was J.R.R. Tolkien
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THE PLANETS
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As viewed from Earth, it's the brightest planet in the nighttime sky
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Time's up! The correct answer was Venus
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3-NAMED AUTHORS
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In 2001 this novelist & short story writer's "We Were the Mulvaneys" was chosen for Oprah's Book Club
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Time's up! The correct answer was Joyce Carol Oates
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GIANTS OF SCIENCE
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You'll find this Frenchman's name on almost all milk cartons
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Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Pasteur
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BRASS
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We shall return to this man who graduated from West Point in 1903 with the highest honors in his class
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Time's up! The correct answer was Doug MacArthur
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11-LETTER WORDS
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Term for stunt pilots or politicians who tour small towns to show they've got the right stuff
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Time's up! The correct answer was Barnstormer
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EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT...
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In the winter of 1971-72, a record 1,122 inches of snow fell at Rainier Paradise Ranger Station in this state
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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
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THE MISFITS
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Born Joseph Levitch, he's been a nutty professor & an errand boy
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry Lewis
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THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
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Psalms
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Time's up! The correct answer was Proverbs
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Y1K
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With the crowning of King Boleslaw, this central European nation is recognized as an independent state
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Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
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MOTHER GOOSE
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This shepherdess found her sheep's tails all hung on a tree to dry, so she tried to "tack to each sheep its tail, oh"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Little Bo Peep
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WORD ORIGINS
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This 5-letter synonym of "question" comes from the Latin for "to ask" or "to seek"
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Time's up! The correct answer was a query
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KFC
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General Tao was smiling in 1987 when KFC became the first U.S. fast-food chain in this country
C _ i _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was China
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POETIC TITLE VERBS
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"She _____ In Beauty"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Walks
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MOVIES & TV
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Tim Robbins played a public TV newsman in "Anchorman: The Legend of" him
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ron Burgundy
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I PITY THE "FOOL"
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Senior citizens might object to this proverb popularized by John Lyly in the play "Mother Bombie"
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Time's up! The correct answer was There's no fool like an old fool
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HISTORIC NAMES
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Margaret Roper, who died in 1544, is said to have been buried with the head of this "Utopia" author, her father
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Time's up! The correct answer was Saint Thomas More
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THE REDS
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The flag of this U.K. division features an impressive red dragon with a forked tongue & tail
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Time's up! The correct answer was Wales
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ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR
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Hard, quick gasps for air
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Time's up! The correct answer was pants
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FOUND
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Cowboy nickname of William Donovan, founder of the OSS & of modern U.S. intelligence
" W i _ _ B _ _ l _
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Wild Bill"
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WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
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They can be a city's highways or a person's blood vessels
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Time's up! The correct answer was Arteries
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IN THE DICTIONARY
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The name of this African equine comes from the Portuguese for "wild ass"
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Time's up! The correct answer was a zebra
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PUT ON YOUR JAMIES
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She was Wanda in "A Fish Called Wanda" & Willa in the sort-of follow-up "Fierce Creatures"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jamie Lee Curtis
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"L.B."s
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Even before Thomas Edison, Sir Joseph Wilson Swan was aglow with his invention of this
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Time's up! The correct answer was light bulb
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HOW INSPIRATIONAL
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In 1903 Pope Pius X wrote, "Where justice is lacking there can be no hope of" this, pax in Latin
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Time's up! The correct answer was peace
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ARE WE THERE YET?
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Take a trolley to tour the National Cathedral, Georgetown & the Smithsonian in this city
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Time's up! The correct answer was Washington, D.C.
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ANCIENT TIMES
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Because of his work there, you could call the astronomer Hipparchus "the colossus of" this island
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rhodes
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DEAR JUNTA
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The "Juntas Provinciales" organized the Spanish resistance to this man's 1808 invasion
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Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon
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AIRLINE TRAVEL
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It can be a place to leave your puppy when you take a trip, or a carrier for him that fits under an airplane seat
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Time's up! The correct answer was a kennel
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U.S.A.
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On average this city packs more than 23,000 people into 1 sq. mile
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Time's up! The correct answer was New York City
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RUSSIA
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In the July 3, 1996 runoff, he defeated Gennadi Zyuganov
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Time's up! The correct answer was Boris Yeltsin
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THE CAT
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Of all the varieties of cats big & small, the cheetah is the only one that can't fully retract these
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Time's up! The correct answer was the claws
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AROUND THE WORLD
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It's the largest Scottish city on the banks of the Firth of Forth
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Time's up! The correct answer was Edinburgh
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FROM THE WELSH
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"Arthur-itative" sources say her name is Welsh for "white" or "fair"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Guinevere
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20th CENTURY INVENTION
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3M's Richard Drew invented it in 1930 to have something to seal the cellophane of food products
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Time's up! The correct answer was Scotch tape
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WORLD UP!
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In 1980 Luis Garcia Meza took power in this landlocked S. Amer. country that's had more than 180 coups in its history
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia
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PLAYWRIGHTS
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"May All Your Fences Have Gates" is a book of "Essays on the Drama of" this African-American playwright
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Time's up! The correct answer was August Wilson
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FAMOUS NAMES
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This star of "Kojak" admits he shaves his head every morning
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Time's up! The correct answer was Telly Savalas
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FATHERS-IN-LAW
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Catherine Zeta-Jones' is this legendary actor
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kirk Douglas
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OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
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1933: Henry VIII
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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Laughton
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ALSO A TOOL
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Hit the backyard with this old term for a libertine
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Time's up! The correct answer was a rake
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THE BOOK TRADE
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According to USA Today, they're the 2 nonconsecutive months that see the highest cookbook sales
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Time's up! The correct answer was May & December
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A "TON" OF PEOPLE
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His "Boyz N the Hood" earned him the first-ever best director Oscar nomination for an African American
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Time's up! The correct answer was John Singleton
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PRIME NUMBERS
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Columbus' first voyage to the new world ended in this year
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Time's up! The correct answer was 1493
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"T"ELEVISION
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Reminiscent of "Highway to Heaven", this popular series stars Roma Downey & Della Reese
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Time's up! The correct answer was Touched by an Angel
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NOT A VERB
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Capable, succeed, accomplish
c _ p _ _ l _
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Time's up! The correct answer was capable
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19th CENTURY LITERATURE
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Ydgrun is a goddess worshipped by residents of this Samuel Butler country
E _ e _ _ o _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Erewhon
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SPORTS TRIVIA
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In 1989 this Canadian team won its 1st Stanley Cup
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Time's up! The correct answer was Calgary Flames
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IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY
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Tokelau, a territory of this country, is over 1,000 miles north of its Noeth Island
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Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand
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BALLET
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Balanchine choreographed the leading role in "Allegro Brillante" for this part-Osage Indian ex-wife
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Time's up! The correct answer was Maria Tallchief
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CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
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Amanda's avenues
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Time's up! The correct answer was Peet's streets
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19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS
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James K. Polk is the only president to have previously held this position in the House of Representatives
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Time's up! The correct answer was Speaker
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THE LAST BATTLE
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The Battle of Bosworth
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Wars of the Roses
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NATURE
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This largest U.S. cactus can weigh as much as 10 tons
s _ g _ _ r _
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Time's up! The correct answer was saguaro
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PHYSICS
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The farad, the unit of capacitance, is named for this scientist
F _ r _ _ a _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Faraday
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NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA
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Its name does not have a Native American origin
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Time's up! The correct answer was New York
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CONTAINERS
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"Amorous" name of a 2-handled wine vessel or sporting trophy
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Time's up! The correct answer was loving cup
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SIGNS & SYMBOLS
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The 2 symbols seen on pirate flags & bottles of poison
s k u _ _ & _ _ o _ _ b _ _ e _
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Time's up! The correct answer was skull & crossbones
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"MOON"S
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It brings out the worst in werewolves
a f u _ _ m _ _ n
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Time's up! The correct answer was a full moon
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THE CINEMA
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The park bench Tom Hanks sat on in much of this 1994 film was in Chippewa Square in Savannah, Georgia
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Time's up! The correct answer was Forrest Gump
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GOING DUTCH
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Ask a Dutchman "Spreekt U Engels?", which means this, & he'll probably say, "Yes"
D o y o _ s _ _ a _ _ n _ _ i _ _ ?
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Time's up! The correct answer was Do you speak English?
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iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
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This has been banned in Thailand, Turkey, Pakistan & Iran
Y _ u _ _ b _
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Time's up! The correct answer was YouTube
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___ OG
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A fad in the '90s was this game from Hawaii that used bottle stoppers
_ _ g _
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Time's up! The correct answer was pogs
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THE LIVING PLANET
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Relative to the size of the bird, this flightless New Zealand denizen has the largest egg
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Time's up! The correct answer was the kiwi
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ON THE GO
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(Sofia of the Clue Crew paddling a canoe) Some of the earliest canoes were this type of boat, made from a hollowed-out tree trunk
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Time's up! The correct answer was dugout canoe
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TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA
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Actor in common to the coming-to-California films "True Romance" & "Kalifornia"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Brad Pitt
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ART & ARTISTS
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His sculpture, "The Age of Bronze", exhibited in 1877, was inspired by Michelangelo
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Time's up! The correct answer was Auguste Rodin
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RICH & FAMOUS
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In 1968 this future presidential candidate's stock in E.D.S. made him a billionaire
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ross Perot
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AMERICAN PLAYS
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This playwright dedicated "A Delicate Balance" to J. Steinbeck with "affection and admiration"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Albee
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EMPIRES
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In the early 1800s, this man's empire included the duchy of Warsaw, the kingdom of Naples & Spain
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Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon
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TRAIN STATIONS
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Sherlock Holmes often left London from this station that shares its name with a battle
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Time's up! The correct answer was Waterloo Station
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GIANTS OF SCIENCE
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In 1993 he made a "brief" appearance as himself on an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Hawking
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THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE
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This Wild West town might still be wild if native son Dennis Hopper still lived there
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dodge City
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THEY REST IN NEBRASKA
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Grover Cleveland Alexander was inducted into this sport's Hall of Fame in 1938 & interred in Nebraska in 1950
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Time's up! The correct answer was Baseball
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ORGANIZATIONS
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Int'l club that "promotes putting off until later those things that needn't be done today"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Procrastinator's Club
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THAT'S HANDY
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The hand gesture with 2 pairs of fingers bunched together was made by this Vulcan on the original "Star Trek"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Spock
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CELEBS
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He auditioned for & won the part of Ron Weasley with a rap that he wrote
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Grint
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FOOD
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While these small bread cubes often top salads, larger versions can be used to catch drippings
c _ o _ _ o _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was croutons
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"X", "Y", "Z"
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It's a kind of striped mussel as well as a striped equine
a _ e _ _ a
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Time's up! The correct answer was a zebra
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PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
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He was our country's 1st blue-eyed president
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Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington
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MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
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"The only poem I have ever carried about with me", said Twain, was this classic, best enjoyed with "a jug of wine"
t h e R u b _ _ y _ _ o _ _ m _ _ K _ _ y _ _ m
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET!
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Your striking resemblance to Kirk Douglas has convinced us to star you in the ballet about this gladiator
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Time's up! The correct answer was Spartacus
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THE ENGLISH TOP 100
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It's No. 1, & no, you don't get a hint
_ _ e
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Time's up! The correct answer was the
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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
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National Freedom Day, February 1, celebrates the 13th Amendment, which abolished this
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Time's up! The correct answer was Slavery
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AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM
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Slim's numerical term for a bluffer who doesn't have the fifth card to fill out a hand of all the same suit
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Time's up! The correct answer was Four-flusher
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"T" TIME AT THE LIBRARY
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Hawthorne's college classmate Horatio Bridge paid for the publication of this collection of "Tales"
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Twice-Told Tales"
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TELL ME "Y"
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"Meshugge" means crazy in this language of Europe's Ashkenazic Jews
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Time's up! The correct answer was Yiddish
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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
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Their 1st professional collaboration was this 1943 landmark musical
O _ l _ _ o _ _ !
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Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma!
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MOUNTAINS
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To trek through its Khumbu Icefall, Lhotse Face & South Col, your team needs a $70,000 permit from Nepal's government
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Everest
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PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS
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Nobelist George Thomson is the son of J.J. Thomson, a Nobel Prize winner who discovered this negative particle
e _ e _ _ r _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was electron
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STATES OF THE UNION
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Its near islands are farthest from its mainland; Kodiak is closer
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Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
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B FOLLOWS A
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As a noun, it's a mop used to clean a ship's deck; as a verb, it's what you do with the mop
_ _ a _
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Time's up! The correct answer was swab
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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
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Magazine contributor Steven Chu won a Nobel Prize for slowing atoms with these light beams
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Time's up! The correct answer was lasers
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DON'T MESS WITH SICILY
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Heading west to Sicily from Calabria, Italy will take you "strait" to this port city of 263,000
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Time's up! The correct answer was Messina
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THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS
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Will Smith turned down the lead in this futuristic 1999 flick, later saying of it, "Keanu was brilliant"
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Matrix
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1987
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A judge said no custody of "Baby M" for this type of mother who'd agreed to bear her for $10,000
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Time's up! The correct answer was a surrogate
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"TEEN" SCENE
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Number of lines in Shakespeare's poem that starts "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
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Time's up! The correct answer was 14
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OUT OF THIS WORLD
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Galileo was the first person to see the rings around this planet
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Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
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CHAD IS RAD
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The capital & largest city
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Time's up! The correct answer was N'Djamena
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18th CENTURY AMERICA
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In 1792 Robert Thomas founded this almanac that contained useful weather info; the "Old" was added later
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Farmers' Almanac
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ALLITERATION STATION
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An evening where 2 couples go out together
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Time's up! The correct answer was a double date
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INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
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On an Italian menu this term describes pasta with a sauce of eggs, cream, parmesan & bacon
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Time's up! The correct answer was carbonara
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NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS
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William Warner's "Beautiful Swimmers" is an exploration of the Atlantic blue crab & this bay
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Chesapeake
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RICHARD
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Either of the 2 parents of Richard the Lion-Hearted
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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine
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THRILLER
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This author made a University of Virginia law professor the protagonist of his 2002 novel "The Summons"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Grisham
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MOTTOES
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This international sports competition's motto is "Faster, higher, stronger"
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Olympics
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BESTSELLERS
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This author's Dr. Kay Scarpetta returned to the scene of the crime with "Trace"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Patricia Cornwell
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HOTELS
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(Hi, I'm Brad Garrett of "Everybody Loves Raymond") I opened for Frank Sinatra at this Vegas hotel, now closed, where the Rat Pack held a "summit" in 1960
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sands
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HISTORY
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Before he was Canada's P.M., William Lyon Mackenzie King lived in this famous house with Jane Addams
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hull House
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CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
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Islamic legal opinion or directive (5)
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Time's up! The correct answer was fatwa
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THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE
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With the release of "Me, Myself, and Irene", this actor's HSX stock shot up $125
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Carrey
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MONEY SLANG
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Bank notes that sing before fa-so-la
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Time's up! The correct answer was Do-re-mi
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HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?
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Last year it was Da Vinci; this fall it's nothing but dots & dashes with the...
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Morse Code
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& THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
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Pleuronectidae, one family of this fish, generally has eyes on the right side; another, Bothidae, on the left
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Time's up! The correct answer was flounder
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I'M GOING "INN"
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Another word for entrails or viscera (sorry, mealtime America)
i _ n _ _ d _
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Time's up! The correct answer was innards
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THE BUTLER DID IT
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Robert Guillaume cleaned up on "Soap" before moving to the governor's mansion on this series
B _ n _ _ n
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Time's up! The correct answer was Benson
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LITERATURE
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At one point in this 1862 novel, Jean Valjean owns a factory
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Time's up! The correct answer was Les Miserables
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TECHNOLOGY
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The average keyboard has this many keys.
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Time's up! The correct answer was 104
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PROVERBS
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"Better the foot slip than" this body part
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tongue/lip
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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
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This phrase for taking a break from a long period of sitting goes back to 19th century baseball
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Time's up! The correct answer was Seventh-inning stretch
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WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
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Grammatically speaking, the word "the" is definitely one of these
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Time's up! The correct answer was Article
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SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES
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"She speaks yet she says nothing", pines one character for his unattainable love in this tragedy
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Time's up! The correct answer was Romeo & Juliet
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LYRICS FROM MUSICALS
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"Suddenly Seymour is standing beside me, he don't give me orders, he don't condescend"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Little Shop of Horrors
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FOOD FACTS
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Bursting with beta carotene, the melon we call this is actually a type of muskmelon
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Time's up! The correct answer was the cantaloupe
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THAT'S MY LAW
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Snell's Law governs the angle of refraction of this as it passes from one medium to another
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Time's up! The correct answer was Light
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HISTORY
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Historians refer to the Golden Age as the time during which Pericles ruled this city
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Time's up! The correct answer was Athens
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SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
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Comedy which features the wedding of Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons
A M i d s u _ _ e _ _ i _ _ t _ _ D _ _ a _
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Time's up! The correct answer was A Midsummer Night's Dream
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FOOD
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It's an Italian version of an omelet, served pancake-style
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Time's up! The correct answer was a frittata
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RELIGION
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Founded by & named for a Persian prophet, this religion flourished during Persia's Achaemenian empire
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Time's up! The correct answer was Zoroastrianism
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19th CENTURY LITERATURE
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Ydgrun is a goddess worshipped by residents of this Samuel Butler country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Erewhon
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JERSEY GIRLS
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This Algonquin wit was born in West End, N.J. in 1893 & was a drama critic for Vanity Fair by 1917
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dorothy Parker
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MIDDLE INITIAL C.
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When the parents of this "pathfinder" ran off together, his mother was still legally married to another man
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Time's up! The correct answer was John C. Fremont
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TELEVISION
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Before playing the principal at "The Bronx Zoo", he played the city editor of the L.A. Tribune
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ed Asner
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STATES OF THE UNION
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To go from Norwalk to Norwich in this state, head east on I-95 to I-395 north
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Time's up! The correct answer was Connecticut
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SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE
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In "The Maltese Falcon", Dashiell Hammett wrote, "'That will be excellent,' Gutman" did this
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Time's up! The correct answer was purred
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GREEK LIFE
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Greek cafe music features a lute called a bouzouki & this woodwind, the klarino
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Time's up! The correct answer was Clarinet
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HEADQUARTERS
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The Ford Motor Company has long been headquartered in this city that adjoins Detroit
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dearborn
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ANIMAL RHYME TIME
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An informal talk about flying mammals
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Time's up! The correct answer was bat chat
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PICK A PLANET
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Leda is its 13th moon
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
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CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS
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1998: Bullet trails in the water showcase the horror of the Normandy invasion
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Time's up! The correct answer was Saving Private Ryan
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STARTS WITH "W"
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It found no evidence of a conspiracy involving Oswald & Ruby
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Warren Commission
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PHRASES THAT SELL
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This shipping company asks, "What can Brown do for you?"
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Time's up! The correct answer was UPS
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LITERARY FIRST LINES
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1900: "Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies..."
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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Wizard of Oz"
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NICKNAMES
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"The Belle of Amherst"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson
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LET'S HAVE ITALIAN TONIGHT!
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Message for you, sir...! In 1897 he founded his wireless telegraph & signal company in London
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Time's up! The correct answer was Marconi
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'ALLO, GOVERNOR!
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Henry S. Thibodaux, P.B.S. Pinchback
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Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
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THE DE NIRO CODE
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To Billy Crystal in this film: "I was gonna whack you. But I was real conflicted about it"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Analyze This
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NEWS ON THE MARCH
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On March 10, 1629 this king dissolved Parliament, leading to his eventual downfall & demise
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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles I
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MONEY SLANG
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The shell of this mollusk is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate
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Time's up! The correct answer was a clam
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WORLD LEADERS
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Former Sofia mayor Boyko Borissov is now its prime minister
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bulgaria
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ALSO A TOOL
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"U Can't Touch This" bone, aka the malleus, just behind the eardrum
t h e _ _ m _ _ r
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Time's up! The correct answer was the hammer
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HAT'S ALL, FOLKS
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Proverbially, if you're crazy, you might be as "mad as" one of these makers of men's headwear
h _ t _ _ r
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Time's up! The correct answer was hatter
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ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE
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"Nervous Breakdown" the Rolling Stones suffered in the '60s
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Time's up! The correct answer was Nineteenth
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ANCIENT TIMES
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Hetepheres was the mother of this Great Pyramid king; when her tomb was found, Mummy's mummy was missing
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheops
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MR. MOVIES
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Though Diane Keaton never found the title character in this 1977 film, she found someone really nuts
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Time's up! The correct answer was Looking for Mr. Goodbar
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THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME
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1878 to 1903 was the tenure of the XIII & last pope with this name that's also a sign of the Zodiac
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Time's up! The correct answer was Leo
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DAYS
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In 1954 Armistice Day was renamed this
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Time's up! The correct answer was Veterans Day
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WORLD CAPITALS
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"The Rome of the North" is how famed sculptor Rodin described this Czech capital
P _ a _ _ e
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Time's up! The correct answer was Prague
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ADVERTISING SLOGANS
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"I like" this lemon-lime soda "in you"
S _ r _ _ e
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Time's up! The correct answer was Sprite
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SCULPTURE
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This country's 12th century sculptor Unkei is known for his wooden statues carved for Buddhist temples
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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
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HEY, "U"!
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It precedes label, suit & Jack
U _ i _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Union
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& THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
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When this fish is "red", it's been smoked; if "red" in slang, it's a misleading clue
a _ e _ _ i _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was a herring
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SECRET MENUS
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Fatburger offers a "Hypocrite Burger" featuring this type of patty with slabs of bacon
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Time's up! The correct answer was veggie patty
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RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
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For Muslims: witnessing, prayer, alms giving, fasting & pilgrimage
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Time's up! The correct answer was Five Pillars of Faith
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ARCHITECTS
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Canberra designer Walter Burley Griffin served as this American architect's assistant from 1901 to 1906
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Time's up! The correct answer was Frank Lloyd Wright
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BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS
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When informed that this king & his son Jonathan had been killed, David said, "How are the mighty fallen"
_ _ u _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Saul
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THE TIGERS
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The autobiography written by this famous Nepalese was titled "Tiger of the Snows"
T e n _ _ n _ _ o _ _ a _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tenzing Norgay
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POETS' RHYME TIME
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William's anacondas
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Time's up! The correct answer was Blake's snakes
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SKUNKS
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Skunks are the major carriers of this disease in the continental U.S.
r _ b _ _ s
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Time's up! The correct answer was rabies
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WORLD WAR I
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At the 1914 Battle of Tannenberg in East Prussia, this country's army was surrounded & largely destroyed
R _ s _ _ a
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Time's up! The correct answer was Russia
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ART
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Edward Steichen led the movement to recognize as art these images, whose name means "drawn with light"
p h o _ _ g _ _ p _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was photographs
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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
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In 1994 this show about a carnival barker won 5 Tonys, including Best Musical Revival
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Carousel"
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ANIMATED FILMS
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Pop star Tiffany provided the voice of Judy for this film about a space-age family
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Jetsons
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POLAR EXPLORATION
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Edward Bransfield, a possible discoverer of Antarctica, had to battle these birds to get ashore
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Time's up! The correct answer was Penguins
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SKIP TO MY "LOO"
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Chinese city opposite Hong Kong island
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Time's up! The correct answer was Kowloon
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THE COLOR PURPLE
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Defensive tackle Alan Page was part of the "purple people eaters" of this NFL team
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Minnesota Vikings
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THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY
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The one word quothed by Edgar Allan Poe's raven
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Time's up! The correct answer was "Nevermore!"
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BIRDS
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The scientific name of this big bird is Diomedea exulans, as in "exile"
a _ b _ _ r _ _ s
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Time's up! The correct answer was albatross
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THE PLANETS
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In August 1989 it became the last planet encountered by Voyager 2
N _ p _ _ n _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Neptune
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FAMOUS NAMES
Question
He published a history of Virginia & New England in 1624, after escaping from Turks, Indians & pirates
C a p _ _ i _ _ o _ _ S _ _ t _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Captain John Smith
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GOING DUTCH
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The dairy is "de melwinkel" while "de kaaswinkel" specializes in this kind of dairy product
C _ e _ _ e
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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheese
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NEWMAN'S OWN
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Paul Newman played "Fast" Eddie Felson in these 2 movies
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Hustler & The Color of Money
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HEADLINES
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From the Sept. 16, 1961 N.Y. Times: He "Dies in African Air Crash; Kennedy Going to U.N. in Succession Crisis"
D a g _ _ m _ _ r _ _ j _ _ d
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dag Hammarskjold
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CANDY
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Bill Harmsen, who raised horses in Colo., happily founded this candy co. in 1949 to make money during the winter
J o l _ _ R _ _ c _ _ r
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jolly Rancher
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AMERICAN HISTORY
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John O'Sullivan, who later became a diplomat, coined this term for the USA's right to cover the continent
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Time's up! The correct answer was Manifest Destiny
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HELLO, DELI!
Question
Something smells fishy--must be this chopped fish patty mixed with crumbs & eggs & served cold in a jellied broth
g e f _ _ t _ _ i _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was gefilte fish
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SKUNKS
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With a favorable wind, skunks can do this for up to about 23 feet
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Time's up! The correct answer was spray
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& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR
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This type of gland secretes substances directly into the bloodstream
e _ d _ _ r _ _ e
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Time's up! The correct answer was endocrine
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THE 1980s
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Vaclav Havel went from political prisoner to president of this country in 1989
C z e _ _ o _ _ o _ _ k _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Czechoslovakia
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AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
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"The Mayor of Casterbridge"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Hardy
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WORD ORIGINS
Question
A type of ear implant to help the deaf, it's from the Greek for "snail"
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Time's up! The correct answer was cochlear
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SILENCE
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In a silent one of these, the bids are written--none of that "do I hear..." business
a n a _ _ t _ _ n
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Time's up! The correct answer was an auction
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ARCHITECTURE
Question
Gropius, Mies van der Rohe & this Swiss architect all worked for architect Peter Behrens
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Time's up! The correct answer was Le Corbusier
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"SIDE" EFFECTS
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A trial judge may call this conference with the attorneys, out of the jury's hearing
s _ d _ _ a _
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Time's up! The correct answer was sidebar
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CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
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He was 24 years older than his friend Mozart, but outlived him by almost 20 years
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Time's up! The correct answer was Franz Joseph Haydn
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TOM JONES
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The benevolent Mr. Allworthy & the crude Mr. Western have this title given to English country gentlemen
S _ u _ _ e
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Time's up! The correct answer was Squire
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BIRDS
Question
During mating season the male ruff develops a large frill of feathers around this body part
_ _ c _
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Time's up! The correct answer was neck
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HISTORY
Question
Because his proposals for constitutional change were defeated, this French president resigned in 1969
C h a _ _ e _ _ e _ _ u _ _ e
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Time's up! The correct answer was Charles de Gaulle
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CANADIAN CAPITALS
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In 1947 huge oil deposits were discovered in this city 175 miles north of Calgary; it's now Canada's oil capital
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Time's up! The correct answer was Edmonton
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WEAPONRY
Question
In the 1960s Nelson Mandela led the military group "Umkhonto we Sizwe", or this weapon "of the Nation"
S _ e _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Spear
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THE FORTUNE 500
Question
With 14,000 videos, the most watched Fortune 500 CEO on YouTube was this bespectacled chairman of the No. 35 company
B i l _ _ a _ _ s
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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Gates
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IT ENDS WITH "US"
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It's a summary or outline given to college students that covers the course of study
s _ l _ _ b _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was syllabus
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AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
Question
In 1995 Luigi Bonino starred in a ballet about this "Little Tramp" of silent films
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Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Chaplin
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MEN OF THE WORLD
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This media mogul from Melbourne has been called a real-life Citizen Kane
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Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Murdoch
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"BLACK" OR "WHITE"
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Famous landmark composed of chalk in the county of Kent in England
t h e W h i _ _ C _ _ f _ _ o _ _ o _ _ r
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Time's up! The correct answer was the White Cliffs of Dover
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TRUE LIVES
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Extra! Extra! Read all about this retired Washington Post publisher in "Personal History"
K a t _ _ r _ _ e _ _ a _ _ m
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Time's up! The correct answer was Katharine Graham
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FATHERS-IN-LAW
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Daniel Day-Lewis' was this dramatist
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Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Miller
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THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION
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In 1521, Ignatius was struck by a cannonball while defending this country against the French
S _ a _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
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DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB
Question
He gave up his cushy European royalty job to become emperor of Mexico, & was executed there in 1867
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Time's up! The correct answer was Maximillian
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ON THE MOVE
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This U.S. city has more miles of subway than any other subway system in the Western Hemisphere
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Time's up! The correct answer was New York City
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IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL
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"Who Knew" this colorful singer could be so "M!ssundaztood"
_ _ n _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pink
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1988
Question
After 32 years in power, Janos Kadar was ousted as first secretary of this country's Communist Party
H _ n _ _ r _
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Time's up! The correct answer was Hungary
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Question
This speech that Lincoln delivered on a battlefield in 1863 lasted only 2 minutes but its impact was huge
t h e G _ t _ _ s _ _ r _ _ d _ _ e _ _
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Time's up! The correct answer was the Gettysburg Address
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"DO", "RE", "MI"
Question
This kind of "name" is also known as an Internet address
d _ m _ _ n
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Time's up! The correct answer was domain
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EVERYBODY LOVES RAY
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"X-Ray" is the 1994 "Unauthorized Biography" of this leader of the Kinks
R a y _ _ v _ _ s
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ray Davies
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MEASURING DEVICES
Question
A spirometer measures the capacity of these organs
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Time's up! The correct answer was the lungs
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MEDICAL MILESTONES
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Dutch physician Willem Kolff developed the 1st of these kidney machines that cleanse the blood
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Time's up! The correct answer was a dialysis machine
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"TOO" MUCH
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It's a small porch on the front of the house
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Time's up! The correct answer was a stoop
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ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR
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When followed by "down", it means to eat voraciously
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Time's up! The correct answer was scarf
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HISTORIC NAMES
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This family that once controlled Nicaragua saw 2 members killed -- the father in 1956, a son in 1980
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Time's up! The correct answer was Somoza
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AN ARTHUR BEE
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For 50 seasons this Boston-born man was director of the Boston Pops
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Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Fiedler
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MAY DAYS
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Henry VIII imported an executioner from France just to behead this second wife on May 19, 1536
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Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Boleyn
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STOCK SYMBOLS
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In the mall you may fall into this store, GPS
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Time's up! The correct answer was The Gap
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VIVA ANN-MARGRET!
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Ann-Margret got her second Oscar nomination for playing Roger Daltrey's mom in this rock film
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Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy
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TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY
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In 1921 Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Fiction prize named for this news publisher
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Time's up! The correct answer was Pulitzer
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ANY FIRST WORDS?
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Meaning "first", it can precede color, election or health care
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Time's up! The correct answer was primary
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UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES
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Because of the way it was formed, Louisiana is sometimes called "The Child of" this river
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Time's up! The correct answer was Mississippi
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THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
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In the aftermath this owner of the theater/crime scene was thrown in jail as a possible conspirator
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Time's up! The correct answer was Ford
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SAINTS
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Saint Augustine's mom, she's also a saint, as well as an L.A. boulevard that Sheryl Crow sang about
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Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Monica
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CHECK OUT MY CRIB
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A Black Molly or 2 would be perfect to keep this calming crib feature in your living room free from algae
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Time's up! The correct answer was an aquarium
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B"
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The northern terminus of China's Grand Canal is located in this major city
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Time's up! The correct answer was Beijing
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LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
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The horror! The horror! Marlow travels up the Congo to find Kurtz & Rubashov in a totalitarian prison state
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Time's up! The correct answer was Heart of Darkness at Noon
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WASHINGTON D.C.
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Though this mound rises only 8
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Time's up! The correct answer was Capitol Hill
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MOVIE MUSICALS
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As the master of ceremonies, this actor was the only one to reprise his stage role in 1972's "Cabaret"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Joel Grey
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PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
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In 1989 her "Heidi Chronicles" was the story of the night; sadly she passed away in 2006
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Time's up! The correct answer was Wasserstein
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FIRST NOVELS
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He was poet-in-residence at the University of South Carolina when he delivered his first novel, "Deliverance"
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Time's up! The correct answer was James Dickey
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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
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If you can't stand the heat, there's always this raw dish that includes onions, capers, egg yolks & beef tenderloin
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Time's up! The correct answer was steak tartare
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WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
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Kansas State University
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Time's up! The correct answer was Manhattan
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FANTASTIC FILMS
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Means by which Jack the Ripper & H.G. Wells get to 1970s San Francisco in "Time After Time"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Time Machine
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MOTORCYCLE MAKERS
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Baseball's Ichiro must be aware that this maker's B-King is the "rowdy alter ego" to its Hayabusa
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Time's up! The correct answer was Suzuki
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CHARLIE CHAPLIN
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Nigel Bruce of Dr. Watson fame played an impresario in this "glowing" 1952 Chaplin film
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Time's up! The correct answer was Limelight
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AUTHORS
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In September 1941 this author christened the warship Atlanta, also known as "The Mighty A"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Mitchell
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YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
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Condition of heavy snow or fog during daylight in which visibility is lost
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Time's up! The correct answer was a whiteout
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CHECK OUT MY CRIB
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A Black Molly or 2 would be perfect to keep this calming crib feature in your living room free from algae
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Time's up! The correct answer was an aquarium
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I SERVED IN HIS CABINET
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Secretary of State Cyrus Vance
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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Carter
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MAIN STREET U.S.A.
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There's a house dating from 1648 on Main St. in this "directional" resort village in New York's Hamptons
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Time's up! The correct answer was Southampton
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ISRAEL
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Home to spectacular ruins, Caesarea was founded around 20 B.C. & named for this Caesar
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Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus
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LYRICS FROM MUSICALS
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"Once I'm with the Wizard my whole life will change, 'cuz once you're with the Wizard no one thinks you're strange"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Wicked
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ON THE STAGE
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This playwright hit the right note with "Amadeus" & then horsed around with "Equus"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Shaffer
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THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
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Psalms
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Time's up! The correct answer was Proverbs
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NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
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1970's winning word was this French crescent-shaped roll
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Time's up! The correct answer was C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T
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FROM THE WELSH
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The name of this Olympic weapon may go back to the Welsh gaflach, "forked branch"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Javelin
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THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS
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Eddie Murphy got the role in this '84 police comedy after Sylvester Stallone dropped out
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Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills Cop
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BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES
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That very blond guy you met at carnival is called an "alemao", literally a man from this country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
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LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
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Delicious "Doone" damsel (5)
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Time's up! The correct answer was Lorna
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AMERICAN POLITICIANS
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Frank Sinatra came out of retirement to sing their praises: "they're both unique... the Quaker & the Greek"
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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew
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"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD
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Make a trek to Utrecht & you'll find yourself in this country
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Time's up! The correct answer was Netherlands
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WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
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Red-shouldered or red-tailed
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Time's up! The correct answer was a hawk
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TELEVISION
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Jack Wagner, formerly of "General Hospital", now plays Dr. Peter Burns on this Fox drama
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